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100			_aJha, Rajani Ranjan _96450
245			_aPrime Minister's office: the Fulcrum of Indian administration
260			_c2019
300			_ap.13-28.
520			_aPrime minister occupies a pivotal position in any parliamentary system of government. At the time of India’s Independence, the prime minister’s office (PMO) started working as a low profile non-constitutional and non-statutory body. But within less than two decades, the PMO emerged as an institution with a formidable influence in policymaking. It was sometimes labelled as the parallel government. This article is a modest attempt to discuss the origin and development of the PMO in India right from Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to PM Narendra Modi. In the process, it deals briefly with the organisational structure of PMO and the role of the principal secretary to the PMO. Additionally, the article examines how with every prime minister importance of the PMO changes. This nerve centre of power basks in the reflected glory of its incumbent, the Prime Minister of India. - Reproduced.
650			_aPrime Ministers Office _96451
650			_aPublic administration _96452
650			_aParliamentary systems _96453
773			_aIndian Journal of Public Administration
906			_aPrime Ministers
942			_cAR